Quote: [P]eople have the right to discriminate...in choosing...an employee.... Civil rights legislation of the past thirty years has totally ignored this principle. Many 'do-gooders,' of course, argue from the 'moral high ground' for their version of equal rights, knowing that they can play the sympathies and the guilt of many Americans.

Quote: The idea that the social do-gooder can legislate a system which forces industry to pay men and women by comparable worth standards boggles the mind...The concept of equal pay for equal work is...an impossible task.... By what right does the government assume the power to tell an airline it must hire unattractive women if it does not want to?

Thu Sep 01, 2011 2:43 pm

futuristxen

Joined: 01 Jul 2002
Posts: 19377
Location: Tighten Your Bible Belt

I also refuse to believe it's possible for anyone to be elected president without compromising everything they believe in to appease corporate overlords. If Ron Paul was elected President, he'd cease to be Ron Paul. Same with Kucinich.

I think the system by which we construct our government is now so completely corrupt that it's impossible to actually see the people's will manifest beyond the acceptable ways in which the wealthy have seen fit for it to manifest. Voting is buying into that system of delusion, and in some ways legitimizing it.

The only real political party right now is survival. Live as long as you can. Enjoy what you have. They'll come for you soon enough.

Thu Sep 01, 2011 4:23 pm

Asterax

Joined: 21 Nov 2002
Posts: 1883
Location: Maine

futuristxen wrote: The only real political party right now is survival. Live as long as you can. Enjoy what you have. They'll come for you soon enough.

tommi teardrop wrote:
I think it is good to have someone like him in Washington, he provides much lulz, and he would be a great 3rd party candidate from a democrat's perspective (because of his ability to illustrate the problems with conservatism), but if we are seriously talking about him holding this country's highest office, come the fuck on.

Thu Sep 01, 2011 6:52 pm

Dr Sagacious

Joined: 01 Mar 2009
Posts: 1842
Location: Redford

futuristxen wrote: I also refuse to believe it's possible for anyone to be elected president without compromising everything they believe in to appease corporate overlords. If Ron Paul was elected President, he'd cease to be Ron Paul. Same with Kucinich.

I think the system by which we construct our government is now so completely corrupt that it's impossible to actually see the people's will manifest beyond the acceptable ways in which the wealthy have seen fit for it to manifest. Voting is buying into that system of delusion, and in some ways legitimizing it.

The only real political party right now is survival. Live as long as you can. Enjoy what you have. They'll come for you soon enough.

Though I definitely have hope that Kucinich wouldn't change all that much. But, damn it. Look at McCain, though. Same shit. Really makes you shake your head, kick dirt, and snap your fingaz.

Thu Sep 01, 2011 7:19 pm

icarus502kung-pwn master

Joined: 01 Jul 2002
Posts: 11291
Location: ann arbor

tommi teardrop wrote: ha, we actually had a constitutional interpretation debate in that 3rd thread. Those days are long gone.

Yeah.

Thu Sep 01, 2011 7:41 pm

jakethesnakeguy who cried about wrestling being real

Joined: 03 Feb 2006
Posts: 6311
Location: airstrip one

icarus502 wrote:

tommi teardrop wrote: ha, we actually had a constitutional interpretation debate in that 3rd thread. Those days are long gone.

Yeah.

We could start another Ron Paul thread?

Fri Sep 02, 2011 6:51 am

jakethesnakeguy who cried about wrestling being real

Joined: 03 Feb 2006
Posts: 6311
Location: airstrip one

Never did start that Ron Paul thread.

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